I knew this was coming... If microsoft successfully releases IPTV... how many companies you think will be affected? Obviously people will want some of that money. Let's hope this people have enough money to combat microsoft and their lawyers.

You should't just believe everything you hear... you can't just steal intellectual property that easy. Ask Sony how much it cost them to do so... and how much it will probably cost them if they are found guilty about the blu-ray issue.

I cannot say why because I would be doing a disservice to the court system of the United States of America by providing Microsoft the information required to "eliminate" the "source" of this lawsuit before the court case is heard in the preliminary stages in front of a judge.

But what I do know, is that this goes way back to how Microsoft developed DOS and how Microsoft developed windows. It was the same tactic.